Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Collection: The Texas Folklore Society Collectionhttps://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/TFSP/browse/?fq=untl_decade:1960-1969&fq=untl_institution:UNTP2012-03-16T09:42:17-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Collection: The Texas Folklore Society CollectionPuro Mexicano2012-03-16T09:42:17-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc77209/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc77209/"><img alt="Puro Mexicano" title="Puro Mexicano" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc77209/small/"/></a></p><p>Collection of popular Mexican folklore, including folk songs, folk tales, myths, legends, and other essays. The index begins on page 256.</p>The Golden Log2011-12-07T11:56:23-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67664/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67664/"><img alt="The Golden Log" title="The Golden Log" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67664/small/"/></a></p><p>This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular Texas folklore, including information about unusual Texas place names, folktales about spiders, folktales about witchcraft, ghosts and superstitions, and information about early petroleum geologists. The index begins on page 167.</p>The Sunny Slopes of Long Ago2011-12-07T11:56:23-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67666/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67666/"><img alt="The Sunny Slopes of Long Ago" title="The Sunny Slopes of Long Ago" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67666/small/"/></a></p><p>Volume of popular folklore of Western America, including ballads, cowboy stories, myths, folk songs and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 201.</p>Singers and Storytellers2011-12-07T11:56:23-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67655/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67655/"><img alt="Singers and Storytellers" title="Singers and Storytellers" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67655/small/"/></a></p><p>Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including personal anecdotes about storytellers and singers, as well as folk songs, myths, and ghost stories. The index begins on page 295.</p>Straight Texas2011-12-07T11:56:23-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67658/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67658/"><img alt="Straight Texas" title="Straight Texas" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67658/small/"/></a></p><p>Volume of popular folklore of Texas, including tales about the origins of various cities and towns, personal anecdotes, songs, superstitions and other miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 341.</p>Gib Morgan, Minstrel of the Oil Fields2011-07-13T09:16:58-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38853/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38853/"><img alt="Gib Morgan, Minstrel of the Oil Fields" title="Gib Morgan, Minstrel of the Oil Fields" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38853/small/"/></a></p><p>This volume includes stories about the life of a West Texas oil driller named Gib Morgan and other folk stories about the oil industry.</p>Tire Shrinker to Dragster2011-07-13T09:16:58-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38875/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38875/"><img alt="Tire Shrinker to Dragster" title="Tire Shrinker to Dragster" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38875/small/"/></a></p><p>Collection of Texas, Jamaican and Irish folklore, including stories about drag racing, treasure hunting, frontier preachers, Irish storytellers, mock bidding in Jamaica, and more. The index begins on page 247.</p>A Good Tale and a Bonnie Tune2011-07-06T09:55:06-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38304/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38304/"><img alt="A Good Tale and a Bonnie Tune" title="A Good Tale and a Bonnie Tune" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38304/small/"/></a></p><p>Volume of miscellaneous folklore about Texas and Mexico, including Mexican folktales, Texas folk songs, information about Texas streams and information about racial discrimination in the South. The index begins on page 273.</p>Aunt Puss & Others: Old Days in the Piney Woods2011-07-06T09:55:06-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38305/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38305/"><img alt="Aunt Puss & Others: Old Days in the Piney Woods" title="Aunt Puss & Others: Old Days in the Piney Woods" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38305/small/"/></a></p><p>Collection of memorable and comical stories about Emma Wilson Emery's family members, including her Aunt Puss, Uncle Lum, Uncle Noah, Aunt Chlo and others.</p>